Delay in Federal board supplementary examination
Federal board supplementary practical examination 2009 postponed
Islamabad, Oct 22: Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
(FBISE) has postponed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)
supplementary practical examination 2009, earlier scheduled to commence
from October 22. According to a news release issued here on
Wednesday, the examinations have been delayed till further orders due
to prevailing law and order situation in the country. The
candidates will be informed of the new schedule by post. Meanwhile,
the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) on
Wednesday postponed the supplementary examinations for FA and FSc. The
postponement coincided with the scheduled opening day of the exams. The
board said a new date would be announced depending on the security
situation. Secretary RBISE Prof Humayun Iqbal said that the
decision had been taken following the Punjab government's directive to
close all the educational institutions till October 25. app
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Closure of educational institutions disturbs exams
Peshawar: After the closure of educational institutions in the Frontier
province for security reasons, ongoing examinations and other scheduled
functions have been postponed. The Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education Peshawar suspended its practical examination for
the secondary school certificate on Wednesday. No fresh schedule for
the examination was, however, unveiled. The NWFP University of
Engineering and Technology postponed its B.Tech examination. A
notification issued by controller of examinations, the B.Tech Annual
Examination 2008, which was in progress, had been postponed for
security reasons. New dates would be announced later, the notification
said. The annual convocation of the University of Peshawar was
scheduled for October 30. The current wave of terror forced the
university to postpone the event. The Khyber Law College of the
university also deferred its examinations. A university notification
said the annual convocation for the session 2007-08 for the regular
students who did their Master, MPhil and PhD had been postponed. Next
date would be announced keeping in view of the security situation, the
notification said. The recent wave of terror paralysed life in
the provincial metropolis on the one hand and badly affected education
activities on the other. First some private institutes announced
closure for a few days, which was followed by the institutions run by
autonomous bodies like the University of Peshawar, army and other
services. The government was reluctant to close the schools.
But the other day's terrorist incident at the International Islamic
University, Islamabad, and defusing of two bombs near a girls high
school in Peshawar forced the government to suspend all education
activities for a week. The educational institutions had,
however, announced that offices would remain open and only students
would not attend their classes. But now it seems that all activities at
the educational institutions are coming to a complete standstill. The news
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Academic institutes closed for safety of student
Peshawar: NWFP Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said
that educational institutions were not closed for fear of terrorist
attacks but for safety of students in the province as per wishes of
their parents. The information minister, who also holds the
portfolio of Transport Department, said the NWFP government was fully
aware of the importance of education but the decision was taken to
avoid any unpleasant incident. According to a handout, the
minister was talking to a group of editors and bureau chiefs of local
print media, whereas the handout did not specify as to where the
meeting was held and who attended it. The minister said the
ANP-led government was in favour of serious and full-fledged operations
against militants in settled and tribal areas. He said the Frontier
province had been adversely affected during the Afghan war and war
against terror for the last three decades. He said that besides human
losses, the whole infrastructure of the province had been damaged in
the ongoing clashes between security forces and militants. He demanded
that funds for the displaced families and victims of operation should
directly be provided to the provincial government. Iftikhar
Hussain said the federal government and army should launch a thorough
and blanket operation across the country so that there should be no
safe passage for the militants. He also appreciated the role of media
in the 'war against terror' and hoped that the government would respect
any positive move of the media in this regard. The news
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IJT protests IIU blast, closure of institutions
Peshawar: Activists of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), university campus,
Wednesday protested against the twin suicide bombings at the
International Islamic University (IIU) in Islamabad and demanded
resignation of the interior minister. The demonstrators, led by
IJT University Campus General Secretary Shad Muhammad Shaheen, gathered
outside the Press Club. They were holding placards and banners
inscribed with slogans in favour of their demands. Addressing
the student activists, Shad Muhammad said the blast at IIU was a result
of incompetence and unpopular decisions of the government. He said the
government was fighting the US war and that was the reason the entire
country was converted into a war zone. He demanded immediate
resignation of Interior Minister Rahman Malik. Our correspondent
adds from Charsadda: Activists of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) took
out a rally here Wednesday to protest the closure of educational
institutions and the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Scores of IJT workers of
Postgraduate College, Charsadda, led by Peshawar Division Nazim Shabbir
Ahmed and District Nazim Qari Amin Jan, started protest march from the
college premises and gathered at Farooq-e-Azam Square. The
protesting students were chanting slogans against the closure of
educational institutions, Kerry-Lugar Bill, suicide attacks and
formation of Student Volunteers Movement. Addressing the rally,
the IJT leaders alleged that Interior Minister Rehman Malik was
responsible for the deteriorating law and order in the country. They
said that closure of educational institutions was a conspiracy aimed at
depriving the young generation of education. The leaders equated the
Kerry-Lugar Bill with slavery of Pakistani nation, saying that
acceptance of the bill would have disastrous impact on the country and
the people. The news
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Registration of ICT educational institutions
Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory's Private Educational
Institutions' Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) has granted conditional
registration to the city's 62 privately-run schools and colleges. According
to PEIRA Chairman Atif Mehmood Kiyani, registration of the educational
institutions in question will be cancelled if their administrations
fail to ensure basic facilities, especially proper library and science
laboratories, on their premises. Kiyani said on Wednesday
that many deadlines had been set in the past for provision of basic
facilities at private schools and colleges but to no avail. app
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Poetry competition
Islamabad: The Pakistan Youth Alliance is all set to hold poetry
competition in connection with celebration of Iqbal Day being held on
November 9. A press release issued here on Wednesday stated that the
Pakistan Youth Alliance has invited the young poets and artists from
all over the country for participating in poetry competition being
planned in connection with the celebration of Iqbal Day. The Press
release also informed that the participants could send poetry (English
and Urdu) along with contact information and NIC numbers to
info@pya.org.pk before November 15, 2009. One person can make one
attempt each in Urdu and English and only inspirational and patriotic
poetry will be considered for competition. According to details, a
panel of renowned artists and poets along with upcoming poets will
select the best effort. First prizewinner would be awarded cash prize
of Rs 10,000 Rs (Each in Urdu & English) while runner-ups would be
given collection of Iqbal's poetry. The nation
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